Card-table cover



.April 28, 1925. 1,535,895

D. J. BLACKMORE CARD TABLE COVER Filed Sept. 17, 1923 ,l 1 8141mm 5 :9 9 Wm i fi z W m4 li atented Apr. 28, 1925.

DAWSON l. BLACKMGRE, QF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

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Application filed September 17, 1923. Serial No. 663,050.

To all whom iii concern:

Be it known that I, DAWSON J. BLACK- Monn, a citizen of the-United States, and residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Han ilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Card- Tahie Covers, of which the following specification is a full disclosure.

This invention relates to improvements in table covers, primarily for card tables offering a smooth surface for card playing and presenting a plurality of definitely indicated score or data spaces in appropriate location and position relative to the sides of the table.

The object of this invention is to produce a combined cover and scoring sheet for card tables, the sheet providing score or data display at selected table corners, convenient to respective players table position.

It is desirable to provide smooth surface, sanitary, cheap card table covers which are readily and securely applied to the table and quickly removed and which may be printed to give design appropriate for the function for which the tables are used.

The intricacies of values and counting in some of the card ames renders it desirable to combine with t e table cover, preferably as a paper sheet, definite score or tally spaces printed in one or more of the corners for the players convenience in keeping a record and for players information and direction data as score tables. The cheapness of the cover permits a new cover to be used for each game and the score spaces cut or severed from the sheet by the players after each game.

My improved cover is preferably of rectangular configuration, and has printed or otherwise impressed thereon at each corner, a score, or tally space, containing when desired, the counts of the game, and ruled to provide spaces for score-keeping. The character of the printed matter may, however, be varied to suit requirements. My cover is also adapted to be temporarily attached without marring the table, the attachment being made by means of flaps engaged against but not directly attached to the vertical edges of the table, each flap having a terminal tab for adhesive connection with the end of the flap turned against the adjacent edge of the table.

Other featufe's and certain advantages will be disclosed in the description of the drawings forming a part of this specification, in which drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing my cover applied to a card table, and

Figure 2 is a reverse face view of the cover.

My improved cover 1 is formed of suitable material, preferably of paper, which is cut -into sheets of proper size and dimensions,

and each sheet lined or cutto define foldable marginal flaps 2, the sheet in this instance being cut or notched at each corner as at 3, to define adjacent flap widths and terminal tab Widths, each flap in this instance being provided with one of such tabs 4, each gummed as at 5 on its reverse side. The sheet may be lined only, or creased adjacent the margin to define said flaps, and eachpair of parallel flaps may have tabs at each end, in which case the remaining parallel sides would have no tabs. I The size and dimensions of the cover will depend on itsuse, but the sheet or cover is made to conform to the configuration of the top of the table to which it is attached, and when the table is of polygonal or any other outline, a corresponding number of flaps and tabs are provided.

The cover is temporarily attached by folding the flaps 2 downwardly against the vertical edges of the table, pulling lengthwise to tighten or stretch the material, and folding or bending the terminal tabs around the corners and adhesively attaching to the untabbed end of the adjacent flap. The marginal flaps are thus drawn tightly around the perimeter of the table without marring, and frictionally hold the cover in place.

The sheet is printed to provide score or tally spaces 6 appropriately located and positioned relative to the table edges and preferably at the locations corresponding to the table corners so as to be legible from respective player positions at the table.

These score or tally spaces may contain any data or information desirable to meet 7 the function for which the table cover may be used and its utility is very extensive and obvious and the conception permitting considerable elaboration not essential to the necessary disclosure made herein.

The sheets may, when desired, be quickly removed and replaced by clean sheets, and

the sheets can be put up and sold insets, for progressive games in which a number of tables are required.

The manner of attaching the sheet may be varied, and it is obvious that the means of attachment above described may be dispensed with and an ordinary sheet of paper or other suitable material used, having defined and impressed thereon record areas only or, record areas having scorin data therein, positioned foruse by the p ayers, preferably at a point corresponding to their right side when seated at the table.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A table cover formed of paper, notched at each corner to define folding lines, 1113.1- ginal flaps, and a terminaltab for each flap, said tabs being gummed on their reverse side, and the obverse side of the sheet at each corner thereof having conventional scoring data.

A temporary table cover,.comprising a sheet of paper having marginal fiaps, foldable along lines defining an area of material equal to the area of the table to to which the cover is to be attached, each ap having a terminal tab, gummed upon its reverse side, said flaps adapted to be turned downwardly upon the edge of the table, and said tabs turned around each corner and adhesively engaged with the outer side and non-tabbed end of the adjacent down-turned flap, the obverse side of the sheet having at each corner conventional scoring data positioned for use of the players.

'3. A temporary table cover, comprising a sheet of paper having marginal flaps, said flaps having tabs, each gummed on the reverse side and adapted to be adhesively attached to ungummed portions of the adjacent flaps, when said cover is applied to a table and said flaps are turned against the edge of the table, and conventional scoring data printed upon the obverse side of the sheet positioned for ready use of the players.

In witness whereof, I vhereunto subscribe my name, as attested by the two subscribing witnesses.

DAWSON J. BLACKMORE. Witnesses:

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